Method
Design for both systems at once
Build a system that feeds the novelty craving (ADHD) inside a predictable frame (autism) — instead of picking one.
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The core of AuDHD is a conflict: ADHD wants novelty and change, autism wants predictability and sameness. Most advice solves only one side — and so it fails.
- Fixed frame + random contents. An unchanging daily rhythm (autism), but a random/novel element within it (ADHD) — e.g. a task randomizer, a rotating hobby in a fixed slot.
- Single source of truth + surprise inside it. A predictable system (calendar/Todoist) that still serves content in a way that surprises you.
- Don’t force yourself to choose “either structure or spontaneity” — design so one is the container for the other.
Helps with
Resources & links
1 sourceWhat the research says
Scientific grade verified against the literature. No entries = no direct studies (graded from mechanism/experience).
- The effectiveness of TEACCH-based interventions in improving adaptive skills in children with autism spectrum disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysismeta-analysis · 2024
- Effects of TEACCH on social functioning in individuals with autism spectrum disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysismeta-analysis · 2025
- Improving Executive Functioning in Children with ADHD: Training Multiple Executive Functions within the Context of a Computer Game. A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo Controlled TrialRCT · 2015
- Children and Adolescents with Co-Occurring Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review of Multimodal Interventionsreview · 2025
- Guidance for identification and treatment of individuals with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder based upon expert consensusguideline · 2020
What the grade means
A A — strongest evidence: meta-analyses or RCTs directly confirm it works (or, for diagnostic tools, strong validation of accuracy).
B B — good evidence: a single RCT, or a strong mechanism with supporting studies.
C C — weak / preliminary: a plausible mechanism, but few direct, controlled tests.
D D — no evidence: theory or isolated anecdotes, no studies.
Applies to: AuDHD